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Redefining Urban Health: Transforming Buffalo's East Side
As our community continues to mourn the loss of those who tragically lost their lives on May 14th, 2022, at Tops Supermarket. We ask that you take this time to think about what your role, responsibility and commitment is as a change agent. What we are called to do individually and collectively, because our community needs us now more than ever.
Here, you will find information, resources, and news about the crisis of race-based health disparities in Buffalo.
The UB Community Health Equity Research Institute was created with a goal to perform research to advance understanding of the root causes and to develop and test innovative solutions to eliminate health inequities in the region.
Although Juneteenth is symbolic of the chains coming off, the U.S. government used numerous ways to legally put them back on by creating laws and policies that intentionally discriminate against Black Americans, making true freedom impossible.
Buffalo is one of the poorest cities in the country, and nearly half of children living in the city are poor. But the hardship that defines the city is not evenly shared. There is severe residential segregation, which keeps Black and white residents living in different social, economic, and political realities.
As our community continues to mourn the loss of those who tragically lost their lives on May 14th, 2022, at Tops Supermarket. We ask that you take this time to think about what your role, responsibility and commitment is as a change agent. What we are called to do individually and collectively, because our community needs us now more than ever.
